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Hedge funds struggling to meet return expectations

Hedge funds are finding it hard to generate the double-digit returns of the bear market past Reuters reports the following on July 4: According...

UK pension funds continue to invest tiny fractions in hedge funds

While British pension funds have cut back on their equity allocations slightly in 2005, the tiny 1% invested by the funds into hedge funds...

Nordic Asset Management launch 3x leveraged version of the Asgaard Fixed Income Fund

As of June 1, 2005 Nordic Asset Management launched the 3x leveraged version of the Asgaard Fixed Income fund.  The Fund primarily invests and...

Managers take pessimistic view on the Dollar

  Only 39% of hedge fund managers surveyed by the VAN Macro Sentiment Indicators believe that the US Dollar will perform favourably in July...

Financial media: Hedge funds managers smarter than mutual funds

According to a new survey, financial journalists find that hedge fund managers are generally smarter about the markets than their mutual fund counterparts. However,...

Amplus AUM above SEK 500m

Amplus the Long/Short Nordic Equity fund managed by Holtback & Partners grew to above SEK 500m by Q3, 2005. The Fund has delivered annualised returns above...

A brave new world of hedging: Danish banks act on the new hedge fund legislation

A week ago from today, a new piece of legislation regulating hedge funds in Denmark went into effect. HedgeNordic has interviewed representatives of some...

Dow Jones: Hedge fund indexes up in June

According to the latest index figures from Dow Jones, the major hedge fund strategies were up between 0.29% and 1.69% last month The following...

Kullberg & Spiik to re-open Edge for subscriptions

According to Anders Kullberg from Kullberg & Spiik (www.kullbergspiik.se) the investment managers have decided to re-open the highly successful equity derivatives fund "Edge" for new subscriptions.

The Profit Group has entered the Swedish market

The Profit Group, consisting of an advisory business and a fund management firm, has entered the lucrative Swedish hedge fund market The following...

Private equity gains to level out

Private equity funds are not likely to continue making the hefty gains of recent years as decreasing cash flow dilutes performance Reuters reports...

The rise of hedge fund activism

According to Jana Partners LLC founder Barry Rosenstein, manager proliferation, easy financing access and surging private equity capital is causing an unprecedented rise in...